IWBUMS: The I Will BackUp My Save branch.

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Details about the iwillbackupmysave branch. If you see a thread open about a release, it means we might be testing using the branch. You should read all the below before diving into one of these builds. Currently, these builds are only distributed on Steam. Additionally, please remember,

IWBUMS is an unstable, experimental build. You WILL experience bugs. Please report them, don't get angry at us about them.

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Congratulations Indie Stone forum member. You have been promoted to official tester of Project Zomboid.

As such, you will now have access, if you should so desire, to much more frequent, but likely or potentially much more broken versions of the game, if indeed this is of interest to you.

So say hello to the 'iwillbackupmysave' branch of PZ. This will be updated with builds as soon as we feel we can safely make them public, to aid us in finding remaining issues before it is rolled out to eveyone.

Anyone who wants to share details on how to get on this branch, please respect our wishes and forward people to this post and insist it is read in full before any downloading commences.

Before participating, please read the following bullet-points and scream I AGREE at the top of your voice at the screen:

I accept by playing the game on this branch, at some point I am almost certainly going to hit crippling bugs, and potentially lose progress or worlds. I will therefore back up any saves I deem important (located in C:/Users/<Username>/Zomboid on windows systems, HD:/Users/<Username>/Zomboid on Mac, and /home/<Username>/Zomboid/ on linux.

I will not get angry or complain of any bugs, or balance, or changes, or remark that 'this build is more buggy than the last one!' or similar - That is the entire reason it's on this branch. If I have problems with the final build as released to the main branch, then of course a bad review is perfectly valid if the game has not lived up to my expectations. However, I accept that negative reviews with justification based on the stability, or otherwise non-final status of IWBUMS builds will be justifiably flagged. If I encounter problems, I will either wait until the final build, or discuss my thoughts and concerns civilly on the forums so the final build has the opportunity to address my concerns.

I will not pass this beta password around arbitrarily, and if I do will make clear that prospective testers read this post IN FULL before they start.

I will not stream or record youtube videos intended for mass consumption unless explicitly or generally given the go ahead by an indie stone member or moderator. Permission only applies to particular versions, and must be regiven for every major IWBUMS release on this branch.

I know what the console window is, and on the event of a crash I know to post the text therein on this forum, and not just say 'it crashed!'

Right. We good?

Right click Project Zomboid in your Steam library and select "Properties". Navigate to the Steam Beta tab and select the beta branch from the dropdown.No password is required.

This should unlock the new branch, that you have to select from the dropdown menu.
If you've ever watched Twiggy's stream and got jealous that he has access to something you do not, then this is your time, as by and large, the builds the testers have been getting historically, now you can to.

This will allow us to have much wider and faster feedback on general updates, while allowing us to concentrate on wider more in-depth, focused and crucially less time-pressured/demanding testing with the testing team. Hurrah!

If you can, always post your console.txt file. On Windows, you can find this in C:\Users\Username\Zomboid (Where Username is your windows username). On Mac and Linux it'll be in your /home/username/Zomboid/ folder.